Well it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything personal on this space. It’s been a busy first week of summer, but I’m ready to get back into the swing of things. The last thing I spoke about was Graduation Day a week ago today. I’m actually not finished yet with graduation as I’ll be going to a party of one of my students this evening. I’d better get ready to use my Spanish! Anyway, here’s what’s happened in the past week, my first week of summer vacation…
Atlantic City
On Tuesday I went to Atlantic City with my mom, my sister and her friend for three days. They’re the ones who first introduced me to the East Coast gambling mecca several years ago and ever since I like to go down there a couple of times a year. This is the first time I’ve gone with them since last summer and though I was apprehensive about it, the trip went well…with them anyway.
The recession has definitely hit AC hard, as evidenced by the appearance of the city itself and the non-payouts they’re sooo not giving away. Just about five short years ago, it seemed like the place was on the cusp of making it better than ever, with a new outlet center adding premiere shopping to its array of activities and building new casinos. The Sands was torn down a few years back and they were going to replace it with an all-new casino called the Pinnacle. For awhile there, billboards heralding the new place were literally everywhere, but since the recession hit hard, plans for the new state-of-the-art place were abandoned as evidenced by the removal of such signs.
Now I like to gamble…it can be fun, but I never go to Atlantic City thinking I’m ever going to win anything big. Of course winning money would be nice, but I’m happy if my losses are kept to a minimum. If I throw $20 into a slot machine and play with it for an hour, I’m satisfied, but it seems these days the casinos are still putting up all the bells and whistles to attract people yet they’re not paying out what they once did. A twenty dollar bill is gone in a flash, before the player ever knew what hit em’. None of us were winning anything for three days and we had to force ourselves to find other things to do to keep away from the “one-armed bandits.”
Looking around, it didn’t seem as if anybody was winning at any of the casinos. Oh sure, there are one or two hundred dollar ‘jackpots’ being paid out, but not much more than that. Of course, all this is being said from my own observations, and I could be wrong, but I do believe it to be true. Even some acquaintances of ours who we met for dinner said the same thing. They were losing fast and big, too. All this did for me was to put off for a long, long time my next trip there.
I mean, really, don’t these jackasses who run the place know that they’ve still gotta make some payouts so the people will come back? Even the comps they used to give out have dwindled to practically nothing. Sure, I still got a free room, but my mom had to pay up the nose for hers, and my so-called ‘cash and comps’ were either expired or close to nothing, and I had just gone there back in April.
Well, that’s enough of a rant about Atlantic City. Like I said, it’ll be a long while before I head back down there again, unless of course I fall into big money somehow, lol…
The Grove
Since I’m going to that graduation party tonight, I figured I’d take a trip to the Grove last night for some 4th of July Weekend fun. A whole crew of us is going tomorrow, but still I just can’t stay at home on a Friday night. Though the ferry schedule had changed and I was a bit confused, there was definitely a festive mood in the air from the moment I arrived at the ferry terminal. Everyone was in a good mood anticipating a fun evening. I paid my ticket and rode the top of the ferry on a gorgeous night, weather-wise.
All in all, it was a great night. Cherry’s was having a burlesque show and even though it was by girls for girls, I thoroughly enjoyed it! There were three pretty chicks doing all sorts of dance-skits to music and it was fun to watch. As always, there weren’t many dudes there, but at least the ones that were there were hot and friendly. There was this one guy, very cute and very tall, that was dancing around with everyone, including me. I learned from dancing with him that dancing with tall people makes me feel awkward, so I must remember that for my future guy-seeking endeavors, lol.
At one point in the evening, I was dancing on the side of the dance floor with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other, and this really big, kind of adorable dude named Kyle just grabbed me to dance with him. I had a lot of fun with him, dancing and singing along to Taio Cruz, Nicki Minaj and more, but I think he mistook my friendliness for something more. Not wanting to give him the wrong impression, I went off on my own every now and again and at one point he seemed very upset. I’m not sure if it was because I left him or something else, but I kind of think it had something to do with me...
Being the kind of person I am, I felt the need to go back over to him and make him feel better. We danced some more, which made him happy, but then he got a little too touchy-feely. After a couple of songs I knew I had to break away for good. It’s too bad because he was cool and I would’ve liked to maybe make friends, but it seems that when guys like one another they don’t want anything else but… It’s funny, but I couldn’t help but think of 'him' when I was thinking that last night. He said he wanted to remain friends, but I couldn’t handle it and look at where that got me. I guess I’m not that different than everybody else, huh?
And of course, as always I attract the straight women and the lesbians, ugh! There was this one woman who mistook a smile for I don’t know what, and for awhile there she was literally chasing me around the dance floor!
It was a shame the last ferry left so early, though, as Cherry’s was getting really crowded at that time. I don’t know why they would have such an early one (12:40) on a holiday weekend, but they did. Judging by the people who went over there on the same ferry as I, they were all staying for the weekend! Ah, one day!!!!
Well that’s all folks. Hopefully I’ll be posting regularly once again now that summer is officially here and my work has ebbed to a minimum. Now to get back to that Z-A Challenge, lol. As always, thanks for reading!
Here's a little snippet of what I hope will be a full video for J-Lo's song off of her new album "LOVE?" The song's called "Good Hit" and it is just soooo funky!!!!
Got that New York swagger, Miami base
Got my California looks on all up in your face
Midwest pimp type, Texas
Don't you want me to have your baby,
Don't you wish I was your boo
Pick up "LOVE?"...the whole album's slamming!
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